Tune Description

The thing that makes this musical movement so nice is that you get a little more music than usual with a movement of this size. Even the 72-note version does not play as much of the melody line as this 50-note version does, being slower. The music here is a little fast, but very nice.

"The Blue Danube Waltz" is one of the most well known Waltzes in the music box world today. The Waltz in its original form paints a picture of a river. This quick moving musical arrangement of it paints a picture of a fast-moving mountain stream. The music is festive with a rapid tempo. The music is German.

As for the "Invitation to the Dance", it really makes you feel like dancing. You are at a nice party.

50 Note Movement

This kind of Sankyo movement plays two or three tunes (or parts)
and is made in Japan. Playing time is usually about 6 minutes. There
are fifty notes (or "teeth")
on the comb. There is a lot of bass sound in the comb, and the arrangements
are usually very spectacular in nature. Our in-house comb machine and
Rick's expertise result in Bell-Like Tuning unrivalled
in new movements for decades.

Blue Danube Waltz J. Strauss

Invitation to Dance C.M.V. Webber

What You Get

1. If you buy one of our large music boxes together with one of our movements, we will install the movement free of charge.
2. If you buy just the movement, it ships complete with winding key, mounting screws, operating lever, an attractive tune label, and an accurate drilling template. For box-building details, refer to our Box Design & Installation Considerations.

We also stock 15mm (just over 9/16) long key extenders (necessary for
box bottoms thicker than 3/8 - which we do not recommend). These are only available with the purchase of a movement. Contact us for
details.

All tune arrangements are copyrighted by Nidec
Sankyo Corp. except drum codes beginning in “BMB” which are copyrighted
by BetterMusicBoxes.com.